Azure Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Azure
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 9 6
Rank change year-on-year +2 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 488 354 789
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 8.94% 13.64% 14.35%
As % of the Cloud Services category 34.01% 40.74% 47.30%
Number of salaries quoted 235 294 724
10th Percentile £24,000 £26,000 £26,575
25th Percentile £28,125 £32,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £75,000 £58,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £73,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £64,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year -2.34% +7.52% -8.42%

All Cloud Computing Skills
East of England

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,435 869 1,668
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 26.28% 33.49% 30.34%
Number of salaries quoted 631 605 1,450
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,750 £25,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £33,199 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £47,322
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +8.83% -13.96%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Azure job vacancy trend in the East of England

Azure
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the East of England over the 6 months to 24 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in the East of England

Azure
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the East of England region over the 6 months to 24 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire -19 119 £58,750 +9.30% 49
Cambridgeshire +6 103 £60,100 +21.41% 37
Essex -6 98 £40,000 -20.00% 52
Suffolk +20 61 £70,000 +43.59% 28
Norfolk -1 54 £60,000 +100.00% 23
Bedfordshire +6 50 £14,000 -70.53% 16
East Anglia - 2 £95,000 - 23
Azure
England

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 37 (7.58%) SharePoint
2 33 (6.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (2.25%) WordPress
4 9 (1.84%) Apache Spark
5 7 (1.43%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (1.02%) CMS
7 1 (0.20%) Apache
7 1 (0.20%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.20%) Apache Synapse
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.20%) Umbraco
Applications
1 65 (13.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.41%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (1.84%) Dynamics AX
1 9 (1.84%) Dynamics GP
2 6 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.02%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 116 (23.77%) Microsoft 365
2 101 (20.70%) Power Platform
3 94 (19.26%) AWS
4 67 (13.73%) Entra ID
5 64 (13.11%) Azure AI
6 26 (5.33%) GCP
7 23 (4.71%) GitHub
8 22 (4.51%) Snowflake
9 20 (4.10%) Azure DevOps
10 18 (3.69%) Azure Logic Apps
10 18 (3.69%) PowerApps
11 17 (3.48%) Azure Data Factory
12 16 (3.28%) SaaS
13 14 (2.87%) Power Automate
14 13 (2.66%) OneDrive
15 12 (2.46%) IaaS
16 9 (1.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 9 (1.84%) PaaS
17 6 (1.23%) Azure AKS
17 6 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 69 (14.14%) Firewall
2 26 (5.33%) TCP/IP
2 26 (5.33%) VPN
3 23 (4.71%) WAN
4 21 (4.30%) DNS
5 20 (4.10%) DHCP
6 17 (3.48%) Internet
6 17 (3.48%) LAN
7 7 (1.43%) VLAN
7 7 (1.43%) WLAN
8 5 (1.02%) SAN
8 5 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (1.02%) Wireless
9 4 (0.82%) Broadband
9 4 (0.82%) DMZ
9 4 (0.82%) Network Security
9 4 (0.82%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.41%) SSL
11 1 (0.20%) IPv4
11 1 (0.20%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (18.65%) Power BI
2 68 (13.93%) Tableau
3 21 (4.30%) SQL Server
4 19 (3.89%) Azure SQL Database
5 18 (3.69%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (2.25%) Data Lake
7 9 (1.84%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (1.84%) Elasticsearch
8 8 (1.64%) BigQuery
8 8 (1.64%) MySQL
9 7 (1.43%) Amazon Redshift
10 6 (1.23%) Looker
10 6 (1.23%) MongoDB
10 6 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (1.23%) Redis
10 6 (1.23%) Snowflake Schema
11 4 (0.82%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.61%) Big Data
13 2 (0.41%) Hadoop
14 1 (0.20%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (3.69%) Git
2 9 (1.84%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.23%) MLflow
4 5 (1.02%) JIRA
5 1 (0.20%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.20%) MSTest
5 1 (0.20%) NUnit
5 1 (0.20%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.20%) TestNG
5 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 246 (50.41%) Social Skills
2 59 (12.09%) Finance
3 28 (5.74%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (4.71%) Law
5 16 (3.28%) Multimedia
6 12 (2.46%) Public Sector
7 11 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (2.25%) Publishing
8 9 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (1.64%) Marketing
9 8 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.23%) Retail
11 5 (1.02%) Legal
12 4 (0.82%) Banking
12 4 (0.82%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.41%) Advertising
14 1 (0.20%) Police
14 1 (0.20%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 135 (27.66%) Analyst
2 124 (25.41%) Junior
3 120 (24.59%) Junior Analyst
4 65 (13.32%) IT Support
5 61 (12.50%) Security Analyst
6 60 (12.30%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 60 (12.30%) Data Analyst
6 60 (12.30%) Junior Data Analyst
6 60 (12.30%) Junior Security Analyst
7 46 (9.43%) Senior
8 44 (9.02%) Architect
9 43 (8.81%) Developer
10 36 (7.38%) Ethical Hacker
11 34 (6.97%) IT Engineer
12 33 (6.76%) Support Engineer
13 29 (5.94%) Azure Engineer
14 27 (5.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 26 (5.33%) IT Support Engineer
16 25 (5.12%) Lead
17 21 (4.30%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (7.17%) CSS
2 27 (5.53%) HTML
3 21 (4.30%) .NET
4 15 (3.07%) REST
5 11 (2.25%) .NET Core
5 11 (2.25%) React
6 9 (1.84%) JSON
6 9 (1.84%) PyTorch
6 9 (1.84%) SOAP
6 9 (1.84%) TensorFlow
7 8 (1.64%) jQuery
7 8 (1.64%) scikit-learn
8 7 (1.43%) Kafka
9 6 (1.23%) ASP.NET
9 6 (1.23%) ASP.NET Core
9 6 (1.23%) LangChain
9 6 (1.23%) LlamaIndex
9 6 (1.23%) Microsoft Graph
9 6 (1.23%) pgvector
10 5 (1.02%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 36 (7.38%) Cyberattack
2 31 (6.35%) Cloud Native
3 12 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (1.64%) Clustering
5 8 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (1.64%) Low-Code
5 8 (1.64%) Onboarding
6 7 (1.43%) Driving Licence
6 7 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.23%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.23%) Product Ownership
7 6 (1.23%) Public Cloud
7 6 (1.23%) Robotics
8 5 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.02%) Cloud Security Posture
8 5 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.02%) Security Posture
9 4 (0.82%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 4 (0.82%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 98 (20.08%) Windows
2 64 (13.11%) Windows Server
3 15 (3.07%) Windows Server 2016
4 11 (2.25%) Windows Server 2019
5 10 (2.05%) Windows 10
6 9 (1.84%) Android
7 8 (1.64%) Linux
8 6 (1.23%) Mac OS
9 5 (1.02%) Apple iOS
9 5 (1.02%) VMS
10 1 (0.20%) Windows 2000
10 1 (0.20%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.20%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (31.76%) Cybersecurity
2 101 (20.70%) Mentoring
3 100 (20.49%) AI
4 92 (18.85%) Business Intelligence
5 68 (13.93%) Problem-Solving
6 59 (12.09%) Agile
7 45 (9.22%) Continuous Improvement
8 43 (8.81%) DevOps
9 37 (7.58%) ITIL
10 36 (7.38%) Analytics
10 36 (7.38%) Ethical Hacking
10 36 (7.38%) Roadmaps
11 33 (6.76%) CI/CD
12 32 (6.56%) Stakeholder Management
13 31 (6.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 30 (6.15%) ERP
15 29 (5.94%) Customer Service
15 29 (5.94%) Software Engineering
16 28 (5.74%) Data Modelling
17 22 (4.51%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 111 (22.75%) SQL
2 106 (21.72%) Python
3 39 (7.99%) C#
4 36 (7.38%) PowerShell
5 35 (7.17%) JavaScript
6 15 (3.07%) PHP
7 13 (2.66%) R
8 11 (2.25%) Java
9 9 (1.84%) TypeScript
10 8 (1.64%) C++
11 5 (1.02%) Bash
12 3 (0.61%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.20%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 192 (39.34%) Azure Certification
2 61 (12.50%) CompTIA CySA+
2 61 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+
3 45 (9.22%) Degree
3 45 (9.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 36 (7.38%) CEH
4 36 (7.38%) Security Cleared
5 31 (6.35%) AWS Certification
6 23 (4.71%) SC Cleared
7 16 (3.28%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 15 (3.07%) Cisco Certification
9 13 (2.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 13 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (2.66%) TOGAF Certification
10 10 (2.05%) CCNA
11 7 (1.43%) CCNP
12 5 (1.02%) Network+ Certification
13 4 (0.82%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.82%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.82%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.07%) Accessibility
2 14 (2.87%) GDPR
3 11 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.05%) QA
5 9 (1.84%) GRC
6 7 (1.43%) NIST
7 6 (1.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 5 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (1.02%) Data Quality
9 4 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 4 (0.82%) JSP 440
9 4 (0.82%) NCSC
9 4 (0.82%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.61%) SLA
11 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.20%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.20%) ISO 31000
11 1 (0.20%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 89 (18.24%) Active Directory
2 18 (3.69%) Virtual Desktop
3 16 (3.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (2.87%) Hyper-V
5 10 (2.05%) Docker
6 7 (1.43%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.82%) vSphere
8 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 43 (8.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (2.25%) Kubernetes
3 10 (2.05%) Terraform
4 9 (1.84%) Ansible
5 4 (0.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (0.82%) SolarWinds Orion
5 4 (0.82%) vCenter Server
6 3 (0.61%) SCCM
7 2 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.20%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.20%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.20%) Grafana
8 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 1 (0.20%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.20%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 333 (68.24%) Microsoft
2 96 (19.67%) ForeScout
3 26 (5.33%) VMware
4 18 (3.69%) SAP
5 16 (3.28%) Databricks
6 13 (2.66%) ServiceNow
7 11 (2.25%) Workday
8 10 (2.05%) Cisco
8 10 (2.05%) Fortinet
8 10 (2.05%) SolarWinds
9 9 (1.84%) Apple
10 8 (1.64%) Google
11 7 (1.43%) Epicor
11 7 (1.43%) MuleSoft
11 7 (1.43%) Palo Alto
11 7 (1.43%) Salesforce
12 6 (1.23%) Aruba
12 6 (1.23%) Cloudera
12 6 (1.23%) Dell
12 6 (1.23%) Pega